Staging and clamp for the erection thereof



May 19, 19.25.A A 1,538,595

W. SCHROEDER Patented May 19, 1925.

WILLIAM sonnonnnn, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.y

STAGING AND (TLTAIVIIZ FOR THE ERECTION Application mea october 2v, `1923. serial no. 671,249.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that VILLrAM Sonnonnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of illisconsin, has invented new and useful 1mprovements in Staging and Clamps for the Erection Thereof, of which the following is a snecification.

This invention relates to improvements in staging and clamps for the erection thereof. y

Heretofore in the erection of staging and false worl, such as is used in building' construction, it has been customary to fasten upright timbers together inend to end abutment by nailing cleats or short strips to each of said timbers on each of the four sides thereof. The provision of the short strips for thus securing two'uprights in end to end abutment has involved a very considerable expense and has required the expenditure of a large amount of time and labor to complete the nailing incident to such a construction.. It is the primary ob- `ject of the present invention to avoid the greater portion of all such expense, time, and labor by the provision of ar simple, economically constructed clamp susceptible of ready attachment to secure any two upright members in any desired position o relative vertical adjustment.

It is a further very important object of this invention to provide a clamp for the purpose aforesaid which will be so designed that it cannot slip and cannot permit any slipping to occur between a pair of uprights y secured by it.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a fragmental perspective view of staging including uprights clamped to.- gether and embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the clamp illus-V trated in Fig. 1, the clamp being shownon an enlarged scale and the upright members illustrated in Fig. 1 being shown in transverse section.

Fig. 3 is a sectional viewof the clamp only, a section being taken on line 3-*3 Fig. 2.

Like parts are identified by like reference characters throughout the several views. I

The staging shown in Fig. 1 is to be taken as representative of any false work to be` used in building operations. It is desired merely to illustrate va pair of uprights clamped together in the manner hereinafter to be described. uprights 10 and '11 are disposed in mutually 'overlapping relation and are arranged to support a scaffolding made up of planks 12 and secured by braces 13.` It has heretofore been customary to have the members 10 and 11 in end to end abutment and, therefore,v

when the combined length of said members was greater thanthe required height of the scaffolding, it was necessary to saw offl one or both of the uprights or posts, orrelse to permit lone of said posts tol project above the scaffolding. In the present arrangement, however, due to the peculiar clamp `hereinafter to be described, it is' possible to have the members 10 and 11 in mutually overlapping relation and to adjust the member 11 to'anyl desired height with reference to member 10. Thereby much. material is saved in addition to that which is savedl incident to .the substitution of av metal clamp for the wooden props which have hitherto been nailed to the uprights to secure them together. A y I The clamp proper comprises a pair of cast# ings 15 and 16 each of Vwhich is apertured adjacent its ends Ato receive bolts 17, and 1S. Suitable nuts 191 threaded upon the bolts serve to permit plates l15 and 16 to be adjusted to and from eachother wherebyto clamp between them any desired upright,` such as posts 10 and 11.v v I It will particularly be noted that the safety .of a structure including the clamp isv insured by the provision of -inwardly 'directed teeth 2O upon the inner face of each of the castings 15 and 16. These teeth bite into, and become interlocked with the mein bers engaged Within the clamp so that any slippage of the clamp relative tothe said members is impossible. Inasmuch as neither ofthe castings 15 or 16 can slip with ref-- It will benoted that the of fact, actual experiments have shown that if the nuts 19 are turned up with reasonable care, no sliage is possible. A platsubstantially like that f form constructe to erect staging and false Werl; of all kinds farinoreiapidly than could be done hitherto. Itis a matter lof only a few seconds for a. Workman `to slip my improvedc'lanip over a pair of uprights and tosecure the nuts 1Q to clamp the uprights firmly and rapidly.

together, Whereas, .lieretof`ore, it would have been .necessary for the Workmen Vto spend inany minutes in cutting the upriglits to the proper length and then in joining them 'by kmeans of cleats .nailed to their four sides.

The Whole operation can now -be performed veryqiuclrlyand with no suoli loss of inajterials as has occurred hitherto.

A very important item in the expense of Yscaffolding hitherto erected has been the cost yof dismantling the false Work.

Where the uprights Were nailed together by short strips as heretofore, it was necessaryeither to destroy such strips and hammer lin the nails .time or material.

or 'to A:pull such nails 'before the u rights could be separated. In the practica use of the present invention there is no such loss of The clamps are usable over and over again and so likewise are the uprights engaged Ibetween the clamps.

It Will be seen from the foregoing that the objects of this invention are fully satisfied by the staging and clamp herein disclosed.

I claim: n

In staging, the combination with a pair `of uprights in mutual overlapping relation,

of a. pair of substantially.duplicate clamping plates each being formed on one face with means adapted to effect interlocking engagement with one of said uprighta'and `a pressure device operatively connected with one ofsaid. plates and adaptedv to bear upon the other of said plates to press itin the direction ofthe firstplate whereby to clamp the uprights together and to firmly interlock each of said plates with an upright, said device including substantially duplicate members .arranged on oppositek sides of the u prights.

WiLLiAM soiinonnnn. 

